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our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by, and john king are joining us from amman, jordan, where the president wrapped up his trip. he has done well in jordan, now the hard work begins. where do we go from here? >> reporter: the white house feels he accomplished what they set out as his primary goal, which was to reconnect with the israeli people and convince them that he understands where they're coming from on the primary security issues. the big question as you point out, can this lead to real accomplishments, that would be on the peace front with palestinians, simply too many questions that remain outstanding when it comes to settlements and exchange of prisoners, other major issues that the arab world and palestinians are unsatisfied with. and syria, iran, these are still just two looming trouble spots that are unaddressed at this point, but what we do know, the president and netanyahu prime minister of israel ended the note on a renewed -- >> reporter: the frost melted, major concession from netanyahu, they now have a real partnership, ability to work t
our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by, and john king are joining us from amman, jordan, where the president wrapped up his trip. he has done well in jordan, now the hard work begins. where do we go from here? >> reporter: the white house feels he accomplished what they set out as his primary goal, which was to reconnect with the israeli people and convince them that he understands where they're coming from on the primary security issues. the big question as you...
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and this is what worked in our society, john, when we were all children. this is what worked for generations of people. and then in the '70s we started cutting it back. that's where we are now. that's what your party hasn't reckoned it. >> you know how i got in this chair? my dad was g.i. bill, in the navy in world war ii. he went to college. became middle class. four brothers and mine. i got here because i got the holy cross, good college. got national defense education loans i was in the peace corps, changed my lives. my father worked for the city of philadelphia. i have no problem with public service. that's where i'm at. that's how i got here. your party says that's degraded. i got a 47% because my father is on a g.i. bill and ended up on social security. what's wrong with government? >> look it -- >> good for most people. am i addicted to government? >> first of all, as a country, particularly to washington they're addicted to spending. we created this massive point -- >> you're on there. that's your winning -- you got the win card right there. >> man
and this is what worked in our society, john, when we were all children. this is what worked for generations of people. and then in the '70s we started cutting it back. that's where we are now. that's what your party hasn't reckoned it. >> you know how i got in this chair? my dad was g.i. bill, in the navy in world war ii. he went to college. became middle class. four brothers and mine. i got here because i got the holy cross, good college. got national defense education loans i was in...
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. >>> john kerry had strong words for iraq's prime minister. do something to stop the flight of iranian weapons to syria. his visit to baghdad comes amid growing concern over iraq's role in the syrian conflict. iraqi officials deny allowing the transfer of weapons through iraqi air space to president al assad's regime. >>> if you haven't heard the news yet, the winning powerball ticket for $338 million was sold in new jersey. sadly not here in atlanta. the winning numbers are 17, 29, 31, 52, 53. p powerball number is 31. the largest powerball jackpot in history was back in november. it was worth close to $588 million. >>> it is officially spring. may favorite season. birds, flowers, and great outdoors finally shakes off its winter coat. let me show you some glorious pring d spring days around the country just today. isn't that beautiful? kansas city, missouri. didn't get the memo that spring officially arrived four days ago. three to nine inches of snow. knocked out power to 5,000 homes today. atlanta, powerful thunderstorms. all night long. pu
. >>> john kerry had strong words for iraq's prime minister. do something to stop the flight of iranian weapons to syria. his visit to baghdad comes amid growing concern over iraq's role in the syrian conflict. iraqi officials deny allowing the transfer of weapons through iraqi air space to president al assad's regime. >>> if you haven't heard the news yet, the winning powerball ticket for $338 million was sold in new jersey. sadly not here in atlanta. the winning numbers are...
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john, do we, at this point, so now the big piece of the bill now appears to be background checks. can you give me your assessment of the political landscape? does that and the other few things that are attached to it, including straw purchases, do we get some gun legislation passed that the president and vice president biden can say, see, we did this. we acted when the country wanted us to act. >> i think it's still very problematic. but it's possible some sort of incremental measure will change. i think it is clear, the question that you pose to karen, how much change in the wake of newtown and the answer is not that much. that raise the prominence of this issue. that guaranteed there will be an argument for it what karen said and i agree, the underlying politic force this issue, the reason since the 1990s it was stalled, fundamentally hasn't changed. because in states that the democrats need to compete in, this is a much bigger issue among people opposed to gun control than any possible gain that could come to somebody for taking a risk in passing it. the basic politics of gun c
john, do we, at this point, so now the big piece of the bill now appears to be background checks. can you give me your assessment of the political landscape? does that and the other few things that are attached to it, including straw purchases, do we get some gun legislation passed that the president and vice president biden can say, see, we did this. we acted when the country wanted us to act. >> i think it's still very problematic. but it's possible some sort of incremental measure will...
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john brennan who oversaw the drone program has now been put in charge of the c.i.a. here is mr. brennan. >> it is a secret war and how hidden it is the revelations that america has a secret base in saudi arabia, used to launch drones throughout the region, a tactic against terror, which has grown 700% under the obama administration. the man who signs off on the kill list from a basement office in the white house, john brennan, unpakistan alone, there have been more than 300 drone strikes in the last decade, killing thousands of al-qaeda and taliban but more than 300 civilians, as well. a world away, in remote village you can hear them, like a decides stand muted chain saw. michael: and that, of course is abc news covering that story. we invite now lindsay moran the author of blowing my cover with, my life as a c.i.a. spy. lindsay, thanks for coming on "the young turks." >> thanks for having me. michael: we don't know as americans this is unusual for the intelligence community to be working so tightly with the military. >> we've always supported the military and they've supported
john brennan who oversaw the drone program has now been put in charge of the c.i.a. here is mr. brennan. >> it is a secret war and how hidden it is the revelations that america has a secret base in saudi arabia, used to launch drones throughout the region, a tactic against terror, which has grown 700% under the obama administration. the man who signs off on the kill list from a basement office in the white house, john brennan, unpakistan alone, there have been more than 300 drone strikes...
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tonight, john boehner backs off background checks. and saxby chambliss doesn't support gay marriage because he doesn't plan on having one. and a crisis somewhere you never believe and the best borrow baptist church gets a new neighbor. first, president obama calls on young israelis to embrace peace. this is "the ed show." as ed would say, let's get to work. it was a passionate appeal for peace. after speaking with palestinians in the west bank, the president took his message to israel, delivering a major speech earlier calling for a two state solution in the middle east. this was the main event of mr. obama's first trip to israel as leader of the free world. the president delivering what the administration called the centerpiece of the visit. the speech wasn't given in front of the israeli parliament where his predecessor spoke at his first trip, given at the convention center before an audience of students. the president's message was clear, peace is possible but in order to secure peace and security for the jewish state, compromise
tonight, john boehner backs off background checks. and saxby chambliss doesn't support gay marriage because he doesn't plan on having one. and a crisis somewhere you never believe and the best borrow baptist church gets a new neighbor. first, president obama calls on young israelis to embrace peace. this is "the ed show." as ed would say, let's get to work. it was a passionate appeal for peace. after speaking with palestinians in the west bank, the president took his message to...
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john boehner says congress should be consulted before the administration carries out any potential military action. boehner says that did not happen before the u.s. became involved in libya. >>> now to an issue of gun reform where republicans have seen their bill stripped down in the face of tough opposition. "the new york times" reports dianne feinstein stormed from harry reid's office monday when she was informed that her ban would not be included in the bill. the measure never had a chance citing lobbying and the nra and concerns from both parties doubt about the impact on stopping gun violence and lack of support from the gun safety groups like that of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. instead of imposing new regulations, republicans are calling for existing laws to be enforced. >> do you think background checks and improving background checks will be part of that? >> they should actually do a real background check on everyone. and maybe the department of justice ought to enforce the law. >> still vice president joe biden one of the main advocates on a ban on military style rifle
john boehner says congress should be consulted before the administration carries out any potential military action. boehner says that did not happen before the u.s. became involved in libya. >>> now to an issue of gun reform where republicans have seen their bill stripped down in the face of tough opposition. "the new york times" reports dianne feinstein stormed from harry reid's office monday when she was informed that her ban would not be included in the bill. the measure...
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the nra has been on capitol hill for aimings and has a lot of allies, including speaker john boehner who might have to push a controversial immigration bill through his had house. is he going to put two bills on the floor that could anger his base and hurt them in 2014? potentially and hurt his tenure as speaker? that remains to be seen. >> you know what that means, josh, your boss, mayor bloomberg -- do you call him your boss? like -- >> i call him sir. >> is going to have a busy next couple of years. >> well you know, hopefully he's got a bank account. >> something tells me he does. >> to fund it. >> we have to take a break. but the gun reform discussion continues. this weekend on "meet the press." david gregory will talk exclusively with new york city mayor, michael bloomberg and nra ceo wayne lapierre. if that is not must-see television, i do not know what is. this is this sunday on "meet the press." coming up, merriam webster defines the addiction as the compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance. so when scientists are literally altering the physical shape of salt
the nra has been on capitol hill for aimings and has a lot of allies, including speaker john boehner who might have to push a controversial immigration bill through his had house. is he going to put two bills on the floor that could anger his base and hurt them in 2014? potentially and hurt his tenure as speaker? that remains to be seen. >> you know what that means, josh, your boss, mayor bloomberg -- do you call him your boss? like -- >> i call him sir. >> is going to have a...
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. >> turning now to entertainment katy perry and john mayer's on again, off again relationship seems to be off yet again. the two called it quits seven months after rekindling their relationship. jennifer love hewitt, jennifer aniston, taylor swift and likely many more that we don't know about. >>> girard butler participated in an ama tuesday and talked about the pain of doing his own stunts. the 43-year-old said he was hit in the eye by a bullet casing. he lost a fingernail and sustained bruises the size of melons and hit by exploding debris. >>> sofia vergara is revealing she hopes to have more children and is freezing her eggs. >>> and a princess die than gown sold for $362,000. it set the bar high around the world. >> that's 300,000. how much would a wedding dress go for. >> historic gowns of jackie o, that kind of thing fetch a pretty penny. stay tuned. way too early starts right now. >>> louie anderson nailing it. splash. i don't know what to say. another in a long line of great reality television. you have to stick around to see kareem abdul jabbar. from 300 plus, i don't know
. >> turning now to entertainment katy perry and john mayer's on again, off again relationship seems to be off yet again. the two called it quits seven months after rekindling their relationship. jennifer love hewitt, jennifer aniston, taylor swift and likely many more that we don't know about. >>> girard butler participated in an ama tuesday and talked about the pain of doing his own stunts. the 43-year-old said he was hit in the eye by a bullet casing. he lost a fingernail and...
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rick, i know the secretary of state john kerry is involved. the fbi is now involved in investigating the death of your son. have they learned anything? >> well, we know -- we received some word from singapore that they're cooperating. but we're insistent they need to get access to both of shane's computers, his diary and his cell phone. >> mary, i want to ask you about -- i know this is an awful memory that lives with you. but the suicide note that was allegedly shane's. i know that you didn't think that that was real. what was it about that note that made you think this is not something shane wrote? >> well, first, he started off the very first paragraph is thanking them for allowing him to succeed. that is incongruent with someone who hated the company he was working for and asking him to compromise u.s. security. and then the notecontinued on. the memories didn't match our memories. the sentences he gave to his brothers which are his best friends were incongruent with our son. >> that is the singapore technology company that shane was worki
rick, i know the secretary of state john kerry is involved. the fbi is now involved in investigating the death of your son. have they learned anything? >> well, we know -- we received some word from singapore that they're cooperating. but we're insistent they need to get access to both of shane's computers, his diary and his cell phone. >> mary, i want to ask you about -- i know this is an awful memory that lives with you. but the suicide note that was allegedly shane's. i know that...
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senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, john cornyn, and rising star, ted cruz. "newsweek's" david frum makes sense of it all quoting public polling saying, "the out size influence of hard-line elements in the party base is doing to the gop what supporters of gene mccarthy and george mcgovern did to the democratic party in the late 1960s and early 1970s, radicalizing its image and standing in the way of its revitalization." let us bring in health magee, vice president of policy and outreach at demos and michael tomsskey for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." heather, please help me to understand what is happening here. what does it say to you that folks like mitch mcconnell and john cornyn, both of whom are likely to face primary challenges in 2014, feel the need to sign on to the rand paul budget? >> we've lost our way. we've officially lost our way. you know, i actually curled up with this 106-page document today with a warm cup of tea. >> what could be cozier. >> and maybe it's the tenth anniversary of the iraq war, but i closed it and said, this is like a shoc
senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, john cornyn, and rising star, ted cruz. "newsweek's" david frum makes sense of it all quoting public polling saying, "the out size influence of hard-line elements in the party base is doing to the gop what supporters of gene mccarthy and george mcgovern did to the democratic party in the late 1960s and early 1970s, radicalizing its image and standing in the way of its revitalization." let us bring in health magee, vice president of...
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we played john boehner saying, you know, dollar for -- john boehner has been very clear saying president obama got his tax increases with fiscal cliff. now we're talking on the spending side. bob, ron fornier reported that he says house speaker john boehner says the house will not raise revenue. don't believe him. house republicans tell me they're open to exchanging entitlement reform for new taxes, 250 billion, 300 billion. i would say no one is better sourced in this world than you. does that jive with what you know? >> no. it is a very interesting report. one, i think republicans do realize they want to get entitlement reform done. the way to do that in divided government is agree to some form of revenue in the form of tax reform. >> not tax reform. >> not tax increase. >> tax reform. the big problem for republicans heading into this debt limit fight are the house conservatives. they feel like they've given a rot on the fiscal cliff. are they really going to battle boehner. >> i want to fit this in. because joe biden, i thought was el kwents and interesting. this was with mayor bloomb
we played john boehner saying, you know, dollar for -- john boehner has been very clear saying president obama got his tax increases with fiscal cliff. now we're talking on the spending side. bob, ron fornier reported that he says house speaker john boehner says the house will not raise revenue. don't believe him. house republicans tell me they're open to exchanging entitlement reform for new taxes, 250 billion, 300 billion. i would say no one is better sourced in this world than you. does that...
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and a terrific congressman from maryland, john delaney. >> who we met just last week here. congressman cartwright i want to start with you. i know you guys had a bipartisan meeting last week with bill gates. i hear all this talk. luke messer has been on here before with other freshmen democrats. that this freshman class is intent on trying to put something together. is there any chance you guys are going to be able to do stuff together that is on the budget process itself? >> well, chuck, there's -- first of all, i want to say i'm appearing live from the beautiful sordony theater in downtown piston, pennsylvania, which is between joe biden's hometown of scranton and wilksbury. so proud to represent northeastern pennsylvania as you've described. i want to say, there are going to be things that folks like luke and i never will agree on. but what we understand is that there are a lot more things that we will agree on. and if we spend more time together, such as in social outings and things like the bill gates lecture, we're at least going to come to respect each other, enjoy e
and a terrific congressman from maryland, john delaney. >> who we met just last week here. congressman cartwright i want to start with you. i know you guys had a bipartisan meeting last week with bill gates. i hear all this talk. luke messer has been on here before with other freshmen democrats. that this freshman class is intent on trying to put something together. is there any chance you guys are going to be able to do stuff together that is on the budget process itself? >> well,...
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i do think, however, it would be possible to embarrass john boehner into at least staging a vote. i remember president obama in his state of the union speech, don't the parents of newtown deserve a vote? don't the children of newtown deserve a vote? so let's at least force the house into an up and down vote on this bill. >> sam, will that work, that kind of an appeal? >> yes, it will work because a number of house republicans who ran in 2010, including some in pennsylvania, obviously representative griffin from staten island and representative peter king as well from new york. >> delaware county. >> exactly. >> they have to be careful. >> they do have to be careful. they have to be careful and -- but, again, this all comes back to speaker boehner. he holds the cards here. if he feels enough pressure to bring it to a vote, he probably will. if he doesn't, he will bottle it all up and have no reform. he hinted very strongly that he doesn't want to tackle new laws. he wants to work within existing laws. >> i think is one thing people should get involved with. find a way to get to the
i do think, however, it would be possible to embarrass john boehner into at least staging a vote. i remember president obama in his state of the union speech, don't the parents of newtown deserve a vote? don't the children of newtown deserve a vote? so let's at least force the house into an up and down vote on this bill. >> sam, will that work, that kind of an appeal? >> yes, it will work because a number of house republicans who ran in 2010, including some in pennsylvania,...
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john mccain advocating far more aggressive stances in places like syria while rand paul, a potential 2016 candidate is calling for the opposite. >> i would argue that a more restrained policy is the true conservative foreign policy as it includes two tenants of true conservatism. respect and fiscal discipline. instead of large land wars, we would, when necessary, target our enemy and strike with lethal force. >> when it comes to watching change shift, think about national security. national security was at the heart and soul of the republican party at least for about a generation and a half and democrats owned the national security issue for years. republican his to rely on general in order to gain credibility on foreign policy issues in the 50s. it took the vietnam war and then the iran hostage situation for democrats to lose that. republicans and bush and iraq lost that and it hurt the party and still hasn't recovered ever since. lots of people lost lives. the political impact is something that history should not ignore in this country. mr. russert, back to you. i will see you live
john mccain advocating far more aggressive stances in places like syria while rand paul, a potential 2016 candidate is calling for the opposite. >> i would argue that a more restrained policy is the true conservative foreign policy as it includes two tenants of true conservatism. respect and fiscal discipline. instead of large land wars, we would, when necessary, target our enemy and strike with lethal force. >> when it comes to watching change shift, think about national security....
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>> chris: karl levin joined john mccain in calling for the president to consider a irstrikes to teak out the syrian air force and scud missiles. same question i had for speaker gingrich. what should the president do in syria given all of the complications and how important was this reconciliation that the president helped broker between israel and turkey both of whom have a dog in the hunt when it comes to the syrian civil war? >> the the situation in spearia has been a mess for a long time and likely to be a mess for a long time no matter what we do. there are deep religious and ethnic differences here. the likely end game is a civil that are will involve ethnic cleansing and a whole host of other things. why on earth do we want to get in the middle of that. the president decided with no good option pursue the best of that options. covert means and allies and support indigenous groups that are more favorable to us. with what you said to karl and my friend senator mccain i would make an exception when it comes to weapons of mass destruction. if we have intelligence that chemical and
>> chris: karl levin joined john mccain in calling for the president to consider a irstrikes to teak out the syrian air force and scud missiles. same question i had for speaker gingrich. what should the president do in syria given all of the complications and how important was this reconciliation that the president helped broker between israel and turkey both of whom have a dog in the hunt when it comes to the syrian civil war? >> the the situation in spearia has been a mess for a...
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but this is all a sideshow, because if john boehner doesn't decide to pick this up in the house, then for naught. >> well, it's not for fought if he can put the pressure on the house. >> that's true. >> that's certainly to me a pretty tough position to be in. if you're boehner, this has passed the upper house, i don't think the members should get a vote on it. cynthia, if sam's reporting is right, and he is a first-rate reporter, and we have a bill that includes background checks, does 2 including the ban? does it include the magazine or whatever, does it have something worth while in it? >> chris, i would like to know more about the details of the background check bill, because one of the fights between democrats and republicans has been over recordkeeping. democrats say if you don't require private sellers to keep any report of a background check, how do we even know that the background check was down? republicans have been say no records of any kind because of course the gun lobby insists that any recordkeeping will lead the government to confiscation of guns. that's never happened
but this is all a sideshow, because if john boehner doesn't decide to pick this up in the house, then for naught. >> well, it's not for fought if he can put the pressure on the house. >> that's true. >> that's certainly to me a pretty tough position to be in. if you're boehner, this has passed the upper house, i don't think the members should get a vote on it. cynthia, if sam's reporting is right, and he is a first-rate reporter, and we have a bill that includes background...
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. >> well john kerry is going to follow up, the secretary of state, coming back here for din wer prime minister netanyahu. as a former two-term chief white house correspondent, david, you must have been identifying with our own chuck todd and how he tried to sneak in several questions. i wanted to play a little bit more of that wonderful exchange at the news conference last night. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. prime minister. mr. president, i want to follow up a little bit on the peace process. and mr. prime minister, i want to help out my colleague over here and then a question, another question i had for you. is why do you -- >> chuck, how many you got? you see how the young lady from channel 1, she had one question, she was very well behaved, chuck. >> i got one for you. >> these are muted questions. >> i get four questions. >> this is not a kosher question, but don't hog it. >> chuck, mine you're just incorrigible. >> so, so david, of course with the four questions, the centerpiece of the passover seder, there was a seder joke, a kosher joke, it was a borscht belt moment. >> and
. >> well john kerry is going to follow up, the secretary of state, coming back here for din wer prime minister netanyahu. as a former two-term chief white house correspondent, david, you must have been identifying with our own chuck todd and how he tried to sneak in several questions. i wanted to play a little bit more of that wonderful exchange at the news conference last night. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. prime minister. mr. president, i want to follow up a little bit on the...
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this is some tough talk from john kerry. how is it being received? >> well, it has been tough talk from secretary of state john kerry, and you wonder how spirited the discussions are going to be with afghan president hamid karzai. they're meeting and now there will be a joint press conference later. the two men know each other. kerry has made five previous trips here when he was a senator. but there have been strained relations between the u.s. and congress. everybody has been reporting. particularly in recent weeks following criticism and charges by karzai the u.s. is working in concert with the taliban against afghan interests. however, it could work out a little bit better here, because karzai has had a pretty good week, a pretty good day today. earlier today, got something he has been demanding for months, the formal handover of the u.s.-run prison room at the air base, ab emblem of afghan sovereignty. insist they have a key say in whether detainees they consider high risk not be released in prison exchanges. that seems to have been worked out. o
this is some tough talk from john kerry. how is it being received? >> well, it has been tough talk from secretary of state john kerry, and you wonder how spirited the discussions are going to be with afghan president hamid karzai. they're meeting and now there will be a joint press conference later. the two men know each other. kerry has made five previous trips here when he was a senator. but there have been strained relations between the u.s. and congress. everybody has been reporting....
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thanks very much to john avalon. >>> same sex marriage is dividing america. tomorrow the supreme court will hear the case against proposition eight. that is the california law that banned same sex marriage. and on wednesday the high court takes on the 1996 defense of marriage act. now this is all happening as a new cnn poll shows that a majority of americans, 57%, have a family member or close friend who is gay. and in 2007, only 45% of them said that. obviously, the percentage of people they knew as gay has not changed. it's their awarenessst people in their lives that has risen. this polarizing and personal issue of same-sex marriage is bringing families together and in this story, also tearing them apart. >> reporter: in california's conservative valley, a fight inside the home mirrors the debate in the u.s. supreme court. just far more personal. >> do you regret how you were before? >> yeah. you don't realize, you know, how far you can go in your own son. i didn't know. >> she cheered the passage of california's proposition eight five years ago. the state
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cnn's joe johns has a story of a couple, one couple in the d.c. area, who are hoping history will be made. >> reporter: the battle over same-sex marriage in california has been going on for years, and coming up this week it finally arrives at the u.s. supreme court. we talked to one of the couples involved in the case who, win or lose, have already assured themselves a small place in history with their legal challenge. jamelle thomas and korane williams had been together four years before they got married last year in october. don't let the wedding dresses fool you. their lives are not all satin and pearls. >> i'm an airman in the united states air force reserve. >> and i'm a police officer with the metropolitan police department here in d.c. >> which makes this couple a case study in how america's married but unequal approach to same-sex relationships can play out. >> as an airman, it's -- you get a constant reminder that, you know, you're second class. >> jamelle is a federal employee but the federal defense of marriage act bars recognition of s
cnn's joe johns has a story of a couple, one couple in the d.c. area, who are hoping history will be made. >> reporter: the battle over same-sex marriage in california has been going on for years, and coming up this week it finally arrives at the u.s. supreme court. we talked to one of the couples involved in the case who, win or lose, have already assured themselves a small place in history with their legal challenge. jamelle thomas and korane williams had been together four years before...
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. >> john kerry is very interested in pursuing this. they knows the region very well, and president obama said, fine -- in a way this trip -- this is an unusual trip in that president obama is advancing the secretary of state, who is here right now, but will be coming back pretty frequently, so president obama is not going to -- he's going to talk about the palestinian issue in his business speech tomorrow, i think, but bakley he's trying to set the stage to reset the relationship with israel, with its government in particular so that john kerry can come in and with new ideas and be received, better than some of obama's first-term ideas were received. so there is a point to this trip, but it's a building block trip. >>> jeff goldberg, thank you very much, as always. >> thank you. >>> and up next, in our "daily fix" who killed the senate assault weapons ban. >>> plus mark sanford survives round 1 in south carolina, and why is bill clinton getting involved in the kentucky democratic senate race against ashley judd? send me your thoughts o
. >> john kerry is very interested in pursuing this. they knows the region very well, and president obama said, fine -- in a way this trip -- this is an unusual trip in that president obama is advancing the secretary of state, who is here right now, but will be coming back pretty frequently, so president obama is not going to -- he's going to talk about the palestinian issue in his business speech tomorrow, i think, but bakley he's trying to set the stage to reset the relationship with...
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we build john deere equipment the way we always have: the right way. times change. our principles don't. you don't just have our word on it. you've got our name on it. that's how we run. nothing runs like a deere. discover the full line of riding lawn equipment at johndeere.com/howwerun or your local dealer. >>> we'll be the first to tell you, this is breaking news, hala, and it is history, the war in iraq is officially over. u.s. troops are moving across the border into kuwait now, hala. i remember that evening well when i announced on cnn that all u.s. combat troops had left iraq. that was december of 2011. this week will mark the tenth anniversary of the iraq invasion. march 19th, here in the states, march 20th, baghdad time, 2003. america's part in the war may be over, but iraq remains a violent and unstable place. a car bomb killed at least ten people just today in northern iraq. remember this face? it remains one of the most powerful and lasting images of america's involvement in the iraq war. this is a u.s. marine. his photo was taken by a "los angeles times"
we build john deere equipment the way we always have: the right way. times change. our principles don't. you don't just have our word on it. you've got our name on it. that's how we run. nothing runs like a deere. discover the full line of riding lawn equipment at johndeere.com/howwerun or your local dealer. >>> we'll be the first to tell you, this is breaking news, hala, and it is history, the war in iraq is officially over. u.s. troops are moving across the border into kuwait now,...
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it wasn't john mccain who was dominating the stage. brand new cast of republicans saying, no, no, follow us, we'll lead you in a different direction to the future. that's healthy for the party. >> all right, alex castellanos, we'll be looking where you go next off the floor as you hope. >> our chairman a bold and gusty thing today. >> thank you, sir. >>> coming up -- ten years after the start of the u.s.-led invasion of iraq, we return to the scene of some of the war's fiercest fighting. [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ all aboard. for over 75 years people ...with geico... ohhh...sorry!. director's voice: here we go. from the top. and action for over 75 years people have saved money with gecko so.... director's voice: cut it! ...what...what did i say? gecko? i said gecko? aw... for over 75 year...(laughs. but still trying to keep it contained) director's voice: keep it tog
it wasn't john mccain who was dominating the stage. brand new cast of republicans saying, no, no, follow us, we'll lead you in a different direction to the future. that's healthy for the party. >> all right, alex castellanos, we'll be looking where you go next off the floor as you hope. >> our chairman a bold and gusty thing today. >> thank you, sir. >>> coming up -- ten years after the start of the u.s.-led invasion of iraq, we return to the scene of some of the...
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>> john zor he willa with that report. john, thank you. he was the first newtown, connecticut, parent to speak out after the massacre that really did shock the world. robby parker's daughter emily was among the victims at the sandy hook elementary school. now he's talking to piers morgan with his emotional meeting with the father of the shooter, adam lanza. >> when you walked into the room and there is the father of this young man who took your daughter's life, what goes through your mind? >> one of the main reasons i wanted to speak to him was i wanted to speak to him as a father, one father to another father. and i understand that despite the circumstances that he lost his son and that he needed to grieve that as well just as much as i needed to grieve my daughter. and so i wanted to express those condolences to him and i felt like we were able to do that for each other. >> what a heartbreaking story. you can see the full interview "piers morgan live" later tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. >>> up next, we'll be making a bit o
>> john zor he willa with that report. john, thank you. he was the first newtown, connecticut, parent to speak out after the massacre that really did shock the world. robby parker's daughter emily was among the victims at the sandy hook elementary school. now he's talking to piers morgan with his emotional meeting with the father of the shooter, adam lanza. >> when you walked into the room and there is the father of this young man who took your daughter's life, what goes through...
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so i guess john boehner is now opposed to divorce. according to the "washington post" polling and historic high of 58% of americans believe same-sex marriage should be legal, but only 34% of republicans believe same-sex marriage should be legal. today politico published an informal survey of republicans when asked if his views had changed on same-sex marriage, retiring republican senator saxby chambliss said, "i'm not gay." which many of us had actually suspended already. senator lindsey graham resisted the saxby chambliss urge to reveal his sexual preference and instead said "i'm with south carolina. i believe in traditional marriage between a man and a woman." the divorce rate, of course, in south carolina is zero. senator rand paul violated his libertarian principles in saying, "i believe in traditional, historic and the religious nature of marriage. marriage should remain a state issue." chris christie said something incomprehensible to the "new jersey star ledger." asked about ohio senator rod portman's decision this week to supp
so i guess john boehner is now opposed to divorce. according to the "washington post" polling and historic high of 58% of americans believe same-sex marriage should be legal, but only 34% of republicans believe same-sex marriage should be legal. today politico published an informal survey of republicans when asked if his views had changed on same-sex marriage, retiring republican senator saxby chambliss said, "i'm not gay." which many of us had actually suspended already....
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joe johns is in washington today. so, joe, if this really was an orchestrated smear campaign, who was behind this? >> well, that's the question. and there's a lot of investigation to try to determine that. this is important to senator menendez, carol, because it's more support for his position that the claim that he paid for sex with prostitutes was flat-out false. the police in the dominican republic saying, as you reported, that they've now found out that all three women who claim they were with menendez were actually paid by a lawyer to make false claims. the women were paid several hundred dollars a police. the police said the women were led to believe they were doing this in connection with a divorce case. menendez always said the prosecution's story wasn't true. it was first reported by the conservative website, "the daily caller." "the caller" reported today that it will continue to investigate the story. menendez has other issues, including an fbi investigation into the business dealings of an eye doctor, dr.
joe johns is in washington today. so, joe, if this really was an orchestrated smear campaign, who was behind this? >> well, that's the question. and there's a lot of investigation to try to determine that. this is important to senator menendez, carol, because it's more support for his position that the claim that he paid for sex with prostitutes was flat-out false. the police in the dominican republic saying, as you reported, that they've now found out that all three women who claim they...
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john zarrella is in miami. you're one lucky guy. >> reporter: yeah, you know, carol, this is a football town but it's not really a football town right anymore. miami heat 22 straight wins. they play the boston celtics tonight and miami hurricanes. what a cinderella story. no one ever expected miami -- not outside the program -- to win the acc regular season, to win the tournament, and to get a number two seed in the ncaa tournament playing the university of pacific on friday. unchartered territory. cinderella arrived at the dance really early in the form of the university of miami hurricanes. no question about that. no one expected the kind of performance they put on this year. as a team filled with five seniors and shane larkin who is the son of barry larkin, the hall of fame short stop who played so many years with the cincinnati reds. carol? >> that's awesome. >> reporter: great stories down here. >> i love barry larkin. i want to focus on the miami heat although i am from near cleveland and lebron james and
john zarrella is in miami. you're one lucky guy. >> reporter: yeah, you know, carol, this is a football town but it's not really a football town right anymore. miami heat 22 straight wins. they play the boston celtics tonight and miami hurricanes. what a cinderella story. no one ever expected miami -- not outside the program -- to win the acc regular season, to win the tournament, and to get a number two seed in the ncaa tournament playing the university of pacific on friday. unchartered...
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how does this sort of sideshow, how does it look to john q. six pack? >> john q. six pack is really not -- a lot of them are watching now. they will be informed about t but the reality is most people really don't know about this, most people aren't following it certainly not at 2 or 3:00 in the morning. exactly what was appointed with john than is what is going to happen. when they've little bit more engagement with their senator or their member of congress, they are going to say i protected the prairie dogs, i stopped them from reck lating large-sized drinks or whatever kind of foolishness the member wants to talk about. and these one-house bills that aren't going to go any where aren't going to make it into the budget, aren't going to change anything, part of the political currency, the political debate. in the defense of lawmakers, there are some items that, you know, they do want their constituents to know that i at least tried. i went and i did what i could for you on this one very narrow issue that might -- in some case, be a way of educating people that you
how does this sort of sideshow, how does it look to john q. six pack? >> john q. six pack is really not -- a lot of them are watching now. they will be informed about t but the reality is most people really don't know about this, most people aren't following it certainly not at 2 or 3:00 in the morning. exactly what was appointed with john than is what is going to happen. when they've little bit more engagement with their senator or their member of congress, they are going to say i...
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doesn't john kasich do this in ohio? >> but the house of florida stopped him. >> the governor of florida decided he was going to take the medicaid money but the speaker of the house, who we will try to get on the show because it's an absolutely fascinating, to get him and the president of the senate to come up on the show to talk about it. they decided to actually veto it. >> why? >> because they believe the federal government will pay for it the first couple of years but after that, the cost is dumped on the states. you talk to any governor, democratic or republican alike, they tell you that medicaid is their biggest long-term -- so they are concerned about what happens in -- >> arizona, florida, new jersey. >> look. this is a good illustration of a law that was written the right way, right? the big story the last couple of weeks has been sequestration. it's failed and supposed to be written in a way that guaranteed a compromise. the idea behind obama care when it kamed to medicaid it would write a law so attract and th
doesn't john kasich do this in ohio? >> but the house of florida stopped him. >> the governor of florida decided he was going to take the medicaid money but the speaker of the house, who we will try to get on the show because it's an absolutely fascinating, to get him and the president of the senate to come up on the show to talk about it. they decided to actually veto it. >> why? >> because they believe the federal government will pay for it the first couple of years...
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>> his name is john zeigler and he's done this before, he's attached himself to high profile cases. he did it about four years ago with sarah palin and the steubenville, ohio rape case and he started to do this more than a year ago about joe paterno. what he did was he created a website a little more than a year ago and posts to it almost daily trying to exonerate joe paterno. his motive is very clear. that that is why he went in and did this jailhouse interview with jerry sandusky. now, what's interesting is that when joe paterno's family actually learned that he was going this route, that he was essentially teaming up with jerry sandusky to help exonerate their father, they distanced themselves greatly. they said we didn't want to have anything to do with this, we don't believe this is the right thing to do, this is a misguided effort. and i want to have you listen to what zeigler actually told the "today" show this morning when he learned that. >> i put a year of my life into this with no compensation, no thought of compensation. only wanted to do one thing, which was to find out
>> his name is john zeigler and he's done this before, he's attached himself to high profile cases. he did it about four years ago with sarah palin and the steubenville, ohio rape case and he started to do this more than a year ago about joe paterno. what he did was he created a website a little more than a year ago and posts to it almost daily trying to exonerate joe paterno. his motive is very clear. that that is why he went in and did this jailhouse interview with jerry sandusky. now,...
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secretary of state john kerry made a surprise visit to baghdad earlier today where he spoke to prime minister nuri al maliki. secretary kerry is now in amman, jordan, and so is chief foreign affairs correspondents andrea mitchell, traveling with the secretary of state. she joins us by phone now. andrea, what did secretary kerry accomplish with this trip to baghdad? >> reporter: well, it was a very tough trip and a tough message, because we went to baghdad, a quick visit. surprise, under tight security and secrecy, for obvious reasons, because ten years ar the war, there still are terror attacks. last week, when dozens were killed in baghdad. he was in a secure place in the embassy and then visiting prime minister maliki and the speaker of the parliament in iraq in their residences, but his message to mallski that the maliki government is permits iran to send weapons and fighters, overflight, loaded with weapons and fighters, to prop up assad in syria and that this is something that americans and the congress, that the administration, cannot understand or tolerate, and as kerry told u
secretary of state john kerry made a surprise visit to baghdad earlier today where he spoke to prime minister nuri al maliki. secretary kerry is now in amman, jordan, and so is chief foreign affairs correspondents andrea mitchell, traveling with the secretary of state. she joins us by phone now. andrea, what did secretary kerry accomplish with this trip to baghdad? >> reporter: well, it was a very tough trip and a tough message, because we went to baghdad, a quick visit. surprise, under...
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. >> john barrasso will be here. >> can i click my sandals together and go back? >> also bob woodward will join the conversation. up next, our march madness picks. morning, brian! love your passat! um. listen, gary. i bought the last one. nice try. says right here you can get one for $199 a month. you can't believe the lame-stream media, gary. they're all gone. maybe i'll get one. [ male announcer ] now everyone's going to want one. you can't have the same car as me, gary! i'm gettin' one. nope! [ male announcer ] volkswagen springtoberfest is here and there's no better time to get a passat. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease one of four volkswagen models for under $200 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. all your important legal matters in just minutes. protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the nigh
. >> john barrasso will be here. >> can i click my sandals together and go back? >> also bob woodward will join the conversation. up next, our march madness picks. morning, brian! love your passat! um. listen, gary. i bought the last one. nice try. says right here you can get one for $199 a month. you can't believe the lame-stream media, gary. they're all gone. maybe i'll get one. [ male announcer ] now everyone's going to want one. you can't have the same car as me, gary! i'm...
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you heard john boehner and mitch mcconnell have drawn thick lines in the sand. seems like they have turned it into concrete. so i don't know, while you hear corker say what he says, while you hear some others talk about it i don't know. the president will not do spitlement reform without something because it's painful for his base. >> oh, sure. >> without something on tax increases and i don't see how it happens. >> wow. >> chuck, my question for you and for the congressman as well is do you think that boehner would violate the so-called hester rule on the revenue side? would he allow a senate revenue bill to go through with the minority of the republicans supporting it? >> what is the number? i think if you have -- any time the senate is sending over legislation that has probably 75 votes for it, i think that boehner -- we have already seen him do that. he has already done it. there is major bills already. violence against women act was one and the fiscal cliff was another and sandy relief was another. he'll do it if there is huge numbers of republicans. not th
you heard john boehner and mitch mcconnell have drawn thick lines in the sand. seems like they have turned it into concrete. so i don't know, while you hear corker say what he says, while you hear some others talk about it i don't know. the president will not do spitlement reform without something because it's painful for his base. >> oh, sure. >> without something on tax increases and i don't see how it happens. >> wow. >> chuck, my question for you and for the...
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. >> reporter: john kerry's trip to afghanistan was all about damage control. defusing tensions with the country's erratic president hamid karzai. two weeks ago, karzai infuriated the president and congress suggesting that the u.s. had colec colluded with the taliban on car bomb attacks. he said he was misunderstood. >> do you standby your statement, your recent statement that the united states is conspireing with the taliban on recent terror attacks? >> i never used the word collusion between the taliban and the u.s. and those were not my words, those were words picked up by the media. >> we're on the same page, i don't think there's any disagreement between us and i'm very, very comfortable with the president's explanation. >> it wasn't kerry's first mission to deal with a karzai problem. as a senator in 2009, he spent four days persuading karzai to hold a runoff election after vote fraud. just before kerry landed, the u.s. turned over control of the prison at bagram air base. kerry's kid glove treatment of karzai is in sharp contrast to kerry's visit to iraq
. >> reporter: john kerry's trip to afghanistan was all about damage control. defusing tensions with the country's erratic president hamid karzai. two weeks ago, karzai infuriated the president and congress suggesting that the u.s. had colec colluded with the taliban on car bomb attacks. he said he was misunderstood. >> do you standby your statement, your recent statement that the united states is conspireing with the taliban on recent terror attacks? >> i never used the word...